ears

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Noun

ears

1. Plural form of ear

Derived terms

• all ears
• between the ears
• prick up one's ears
• jug ears

Verb

ears

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ear.

Anagrams

• Ares, ares, ARSE, arse, ERAs, eras, rase, sear, sera

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érsos, *ors-. Cognate with Old Frisian ers (West Frisian ears), Old Saxon ars, Old High German ars (German Arsch), Old Norse ars, rass (Icelandic and Norwegian rass), and more distantly with Old Armenian ոռ (oṙ, “ass”), and (Modern) Greek ουρά (“tail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /æaɹs/

Noun

ears m

1. the arse; the buttocks or anus

Descendants

• English: arse
• Scots: ers

See also

• ærs